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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1924

Page

5

GAINESBORO LOCAL NOTES May 30

Mrs. B Conner and two daughters from Winchester visited her parents Mr and Mrs Asbury Farmer. Local attendees at Gore Sunday School convention. Mr W M Bageant improves while Mr T C Adams suffers a cold. Mrs Joseph Cooper and children visited her parents. Mrs Charles Cave visited her brother at Mr W M Bageant's. Mrs Josiah Shade spent Sunday with her daughter. The DeHavens from Winchester spent Sunday with Mr B F DeHaven.

Gainesboro Gaingssboro B. Conner Winchester Asbury Farmer Gore W. M. Bageant T. C. Adams Joseph Cooper William Mcllwee Charles Cave F. M. Bageant Josiah Shade Bageant Gilbert DeHaven l Roy DeHaven B. F. DeHaven

Hog cholera losses nationwide rise to over two million

The United States Department of Agriculture reports approximately 4 percent of hogs on farms died from hog cholera in the year ended April 30 1928. Losses were heaviest in Iowa Nebraska Indiana Missouri Illinois Ohio Georgia Minnesota and South Dakota with over 100 000 head per state. Total swine lost exceed 2 250 000 valued around 20 million dollars. Preventive serum sanitation and disinfection are the best controls.

Department of P Aurie State United States Bureau of Animal Industry United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics Iowa Nebraska Indiana Missouri Ilinois Ohio Georgia Minnesota South Dakota

Ways to Start Grapevines From Cuttings and Beds

Horticulturists advise easy grapevine propagation at home. Use burying canes to root sections in dirt or mulch, plant in nursery rows with 6 8 inch spacing, and separate buds next spring. For larger programs, cuttings of two or three buds may be buried in loose soil or sand to develop calloused roots before transplanting final plants.

Eastern College of Agriculture

Apple Trees Need Plant Food for Growth

A horticultural bulletin urges fertilizing thin upland or poor soil apple orchards. Associate horticulturist F H Ballou at the Ohio Experiment Station recommends a mixture of equal parts nitrate or ammonium sulfate and acid phosphate applied early in spring. Younger trees need 3 to 5 pounds, twenty-year-olds about 10 pounds, spread evenly in a circle beyond the branches. Trees with rich foliage may require little nitrogenous food.

F. H. Ballou Ohio Experiment Station

Costs of Marketing Hogs by Co Operative Scheme

The report details that terminal charges including commission yardage and feed total about one third of marketing hogs costs by cooperative shipping associations. A USDA study of 287 Middle West livestock associations found wide variation in shipping costs between groups. Copies of the 1921 Costs of Marketing Live Stock in the Corn Belt are sent free on request.

United States Department of Agriculture Middle West Corn Belt

Dead Leaves Turned to Garden Fertilizer and Bedding

The article suggests using dead leaves as scratching material for hens and bedding for stock. When mixed in barrels with chicken manure and dirt in alternating layers, the leaves become a valuable garden fertilizer.

Sunday Schools of Stonewall Hold Annual Session

Stonewall District Sunday schools met at Red Bub Church on May 28 with a growing turnout. The program included memorials for Thomas E. B. Diggs, talks on spiritual force and Christian cooperation, and reports from seventeen schools with leadership named for next year.

Sunday Schools OF Stonewall Red Bub Church J. H. Hancher Glaize Matthew Mr. Fogle Washington S. R. Ludwig Sunday Schools Christian Endeavor Societies Thomas K. Diggs Jesus Savior Thomas EB. Diggs J. W. Beall Lewis Pidgeon Out Daniel Batchellor Christ M.S. Glaize J. A. Grimes Cradle Toll T. P. Sencingiver Home Department Mack Janney Grace Clavenger Ada L. Moore Penn Canada United States Edward Miller Inwood W. Va W. J.lloyd

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